Political

Liberal Democrats win Dudden Hill by-election

Congratulations to Pawan Gupta and Brent Liberal Democrats for winning the by-election in Dudden Hill:

Liberal Democrats 1,262 (39.8%)
Labour 1,177 (37.2%)
Tory 412  (13.0%)
Respect 160 (5.1%)
Green 156 (4.9%)

Majority 85
(In 2006 the three Lib Dem majorities were 32, 114 and 297 in this ward).

Turnout 34.2%

A particularly good result as the Liberal Democrats have taken the lead in running Brent Council. The party made huge gains in the 2006 local elections, though not quite enough to have an overall majority.

This is a similar story to the previous Kentish Town (Camden) by-election – which was also a Liberal Democrat win and also, like Dudden Hill, saw a remarkably negative Labour campaign. But on both occasions, the voters rejected Labour’s negative attacks.

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